I have taken the treatment for almost 6 weeks now and I feel very normal now. Only bad thing is taking 6 pills early in the morning and that too for 8 months...
I have taken the two week course of anti tuberculosis treatment and within one week my fever disappeared. So the doc has ordered me to complete my treatment which will continue for 8 months. So most probably I had TB which was not diagnosed....
Yes, as far as I know the doctors are giveing me antibiotics. They don't seem real concerned but all other tests came back ok except tryglycerides they did not take an xray or ct scan. Hope all goes good for you, God bless ya Okedocke
Is your chest X-Ray/CT Scan normal?
Well I went to the doctor and he said that if I have tuberculosis then it is Extra pulmonary. He says that I most probably have a Lymph node TB. So a sputum test is insignificant.
He has started a 2 week trial ATT (Anti tuberculosis treatment) and said if I show some response then he will continue it.
I will comment after taking 2 week of medcine...
Hope you find out whats going on I am having low grade fever too. however mine is now accompanied with slightly elevated lymph and slightly elevated ast alt liver enzyme. although for a while my tests came back fine. best of luck and God bless you I hope you find an answer. Okedocke
I will keep you informed about updates and what the doctor says about the sputum test....
Hi,
You may be asked to inhale a mist of salty steam in order to cough more deeply and produce sputum. If you still do not produce enough sputum, you might have a bronchoscopy. If the stain shows mycobacteria, the specimen may be placed in culture media, which encourages them to grow. It can help to drink a lot of fluids the night before the test. It makes the test more accurate if it's done first thing in the morning and done three times, often three days in a row.
Discuss this with your doctor and weigh the benefits and risks. Take care and keep us posted.
Thanks for looking into my post.... The three tests for Tuberculosis were
Mycodot (Blood)
Mantoux (Skin)
and
PCR (Microbacterium Tuberculosis) (Blood)
and all were negative....
and since I have dry cough I donot have sputum. Can sputum test still be done if we have dry cough?
also as I have mentioned I have not lost a single kg in the last 2 months....
Hi,
I'm sorry to hear what you've been through for the last ten weeks. Low-grade fever typically defined as never exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius (about 101 degrees Fahrenheit) and a non-specific finding. But this occurs in many diseases, ranging from infectious (viral infections or infective endocarditis) to autoimmune to malignant causes. What TB tests were done? A sputum test done 3x is the standard test for tuberculosis. A prophylactic TB medication may be recommended since dry cough, fever at night, and weight loss are main symptoms of this disease. However, exposure and positive findings on the chest xray, sputum tests must be present.
Take care and keep us posted.